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Georgia’s 1st Congressional District has a seven-candidate field for the 2026 election. Republican incumbent Earl Leroy Carter is seeking the office alongside two other Republicans, three Democrats and one candidate identified with the SLP.
The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. The race is contested because more than one candidate is seeking the U.S. House seat.
The Republican candidates
Earl Leroy Carter is a Republican and the incumbent in District 1. His incumbent status means he currently holds the U.S. House seat that is being contested in the 2026 election.
Patrick K. Farrell is running as a Republican. He is one of three candidates in the race identified with the Republican Party.
James Morris Kingston is also running as a Republican. His candidacy places him in the same party field as Carter and Farrell.
The three Republican candidacies are an important part of the election process before the general election. Carter’s status distinguishes him from Farrell and Kingston, but no documented policy positions are listed for any of the three candidates.
The Democratic candidates
Defonsio Daniels is running as a Democrat. He is one of three candidates in the race identified with the Democratic Party.
Joyce Marie Griggs is also running as a Democrat. She shares the party label with Daniels and Hollowell in the District 1 field.
Amanda Hollowell is the third Democratic candidate. Her candidacy completes the group of three Democrats seeking the office in this election cycle.
Daniels, Griggs and Hollowell enter the race with the same basic public designation: each is identified as a Democratic candidate for the District 1 seat. No documented policy positions are listed for any of them.
The SLP candidate
Dylan Castillo is running with the SLP designation. Castillo is the only candidate in the seven-person field carrying that party label.
Castillo’s candidacy adds another party designation to a race otherwise made up of Republican and Democratic candidates. As with the other six candidates, no documented policy positions are listed for Castillo.
What is contested in GA-1
The central contest is over who will represent Georgia’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House after the 2026 election. Carter enters as the sitting officeholder, while Daniels, Farrell, Castillo, Griggs, Hollowell and Kingston are the other candidates seeking the seat.
The field also contains competition within the two major-party groups. Republicans have Carter, Farrell and Kingston, while Democrats have Daniels, Griggs and Hollowell. Castillo is the sole SLP candidate.
Party labels show how each candidate is identified in the race, but they do not establish where the candidates stand on specific issues. With no documented policy positions for the seven candidates, the current distinctions are their names, party designations and Carter’s incumbent status.
The next major date identified for the race is Nov. 3, 2026, when Georgia holds its general election. Voters following District 1 can watch how the multi-candidate field develops and whether the candidates state positions on issues before Election Day.
